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edition:Paperback
category: History
published: Jan 2003
ISBN:9781551539768
publisher: Heritage House Publishing
imprint: Altitude

Trailblazing Sports Heroes

Exceptional Personalities and Outstanding Achievements in Canadian Sport

by Joan Dixon

tagged: sports
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From Canada's first World Champion, rower Ned Hanlan, to the unstoppable heroine Bobbie Rosenfeld, Canada has had its share of exceptional athletes. These great athletes forever changed the sports of basketball, hockey, track and field, rowing and skiing. These are their stories.

About the Author

Joan Dixon has long been fascinated by Canadian social and cultural history. She has been writing, editing and researching for books, magazines and other media for more than 25 years. She has published nine non-fiction books of her own and edited countless others. In 2010, her essay “The Perils of War and Mother-Son Relationships” won the James H. Gray Award for short non-fiction, and her essay “Embedded on the Home Front” was shortlisted for the Jon Whyte memorial essay prize. She lives in Redwood Meadows, Alberta.

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